Chapter 290 The meaning of Mizhu

"How far is this range," Li Zhong asked.

"About 300 steps," Zheng Hun replied.

Li Zhong was a little dissatisfied when he heard it. Although 300 steps were a little considerable, they did not meet his requirements too much.

"The range is too close, as long as it takes more than 600 steps," Li Zhong shook his head and said.

"Yes, Lord, I will do my best later," Zheng Hun replied.

Li Zhong nodded and said, "Don't blame me for putting too much pressure on you. You should know that if the soldiers can have the cooperation of a Thunderbolt car with a range of more than 600 steps when attacking the city, their chances of survival will be much greater. You know, all my soldiers and soldiers in Youzhou are all treasures, and they can't help but waste them. Ah," Li Zhong sighed. Although the casualties of the Youzhou Army were not big in every battle, Li Zhong knew that the future battles would be more tragic, and he would definitely not give up what he could do for them.

At least more soldiers can return to their homes alive.

"I understand," Zheng Hun and Ma Jun nodded, and their eyes were full of solemn feelings.

"That's good," Li Zhong said.

"Yes, how many knives and their equipment are there in the arsenal at present," Li Zhong turned his head and asked.

A thin and weak civil official listed: "At present, there are 12,000 knives and their supporting armor sales in the arsenal."

"How many handles can be forged in a day now"

"If you rush to the night, you can forge 500 handles a day"

"Tell Pu Yuan not to be too nervous and control it at 300 to 400 handles a day. In addition, he can choose some qualified people to train them, which can also reduce his burden," Li Zhong said.

"Yes, Lord," Zheng Hun said.

"You can also cultivate more qualified young people according to this method, so that it can last," Li Zhong turned to the two.

"Yes, lord," the two agreed.

"Yes, how is the development of gunpowder?" Li Zhong asked.

Zheng Hun and Ma Jun looked at each other and said with some bitterness, "Lord, we haven't dabbled much in gunpowder before, so it's a little difficult to develop, so there hasn't been any results yet."

"It's not your fault," Li Zhong said. The two were secretly relieved when they heard Li Zhong's words. They were really afraid that Li Zhong would blame them. After all, they had basically never heard of this thing before.

"Bible, you can go to those roads to watch. Maybe there will be some discoveries," Li Zhong suddenly turned his head and said to the two.

You should know that the Taoist temple at this time likes to make those mysterious things, especially the refining of elixir, and it is even more necessary to come into contact with gunpowder.

"This..." The two were a little puzzled. They asked them to go to the Taoist temple for nothing, and they didn't leave home.

"When you go, you can watch their alchemy carefully, and then you will find something," Li Zhong said with a mysterious smile.

It's not that Li Zhong doesn't tell them anything. If they tell them everything, they won't have the opportunity to think independently, which is quite unfavorable for them.

"Yes, lord", since Li Zhong said so, it must not be aimless, and the two agreed.

"Okay, I'll go back first. You two can make the decision on the matter here. If you have anything, you can directly find Zijing. I will tell him." Li Zhong said to the two, and then took Xu Chu Dianwei and left here.

"Sir, the lord has gone to the Wu Research Institute, or you can wait here and I will report it." In the general's mansion, an iron guard captain said respectfully to a scribe in front of him.

"No, I'll wait here," the scribe shook his head.

"Okay," the captain nodded.

This person is not someone else. It's really Li Zhong's counselor Lu Sulu Zijing.

"Haha, Zijing just waited." After a while, Li Zhong returned to the general's mansion and shouted at him when he saw Lu Suzheng drinking tea alone in the lobby.

"Lord", Lu Su got up and held the boxing.

"Sit down," Li Zhong said, "What's the matter with Zijing coming here today?" Li Zhong took a sip of tea and asked with a smile.

You should know that in recent years, Lu Su has mastered money, grain and other internal affairs for Li Zhong. Otherwise, Li Zhong will be too busy, and he has no complaints about this. He is a hard-working model.

"Lord, Su has been away from home for several years. Now Youzhou is calm and wants to go home," Lu Su said.

Li Zhong pondered for a moment and nodded: "Well, it's my fault that I didn't remember it. Evil, 200 iron guards have been guarded by Zijing.

"Yes, lord," Dian Wei nodded and then left here, thinking about mobiling troops.

"Thank you, Lord", Lu Su, as the elder of the Youzhou Army, naturally knows the strong fighting power of the Iron Guard, and there are only a few thousand people, all of whom are the elites selected from hundreds of thousands of troops.

Li Zhong waved his hand and said, "Zi Jing did his best for me. How can this little thing be worth mentioning? It's just that Zijing should be careful all the way. The south, especially Yangzhou, has experienced a war. I'm afraid it won't be very peaceful."

"Yes," Lu Su said.

The battle in the south ended two days ago, but after Yuan Shao captured Lujiang, there was no progress, because food and fodder and other issues could not be different from Liu Wei's peace.

Liu Yu secretly licked the wound, while Yuan Shu was blocked outside Fancheng by Wang Wei, and lost tens of thousands of soldiers, but there was no gain, but Ji Ling led his army to capture Xincheng and Fangling County.

The Southern War came to an end.

However, the war in Liangzhou was still continuing. Dong Zhuojun seemed to be crazy and attacked Linjing, but there was no progress except for the bodies of tens of thousands of soldiers.

Huaxiong, who was ordered to capture Hanzhong, was also blocked outside Yang'an Pass led by Yang Gu, the general of Hanzhong, and the war was in an anxious stage for a while.

The next day, Lu Su took 200 iron guards on the road to the south. The person in charge of escort was an iron guard captain named Zhou Xiang, who had good martial arts skills and was promoted to an iron guard captain.

"Lord, don't drive Mi Zhu to see me in Xuzhou." Li Zhong, who was discussing things with Guo Jia, was stunned after hearing this and said, "Let him come in."

"Yes"

"Feng Xiao, what do you think Mi Zhu came here?" Li Zhong asked.

Guo Jia said lightly, "Jiujiang is close to Xuzhou. Yuan Shao has never been a safe master, and Yuan Shao has been defeated by the master. Tao Qian has always been good at the main bus. I think..."

"Lord, Mr. Mi Zhu has arrived"

"Okay, you go down first."

"Mi Zhu has seen the general riding, Mr. Feng Xiao", Mi Zhu, dressed in a white gown, looked elegant and held a fist at Li Zhong.

"Mr. Zizhong, please sit down," Li Zhong said with a smile.

Mi Zhu nodded and sat down on Li Zhong's left hand.

"Thank you, Mr. Zizhong, for coming all the way to attend the loyal wedding, thank you very much," Li Zhong said.

"The general is polite. Zhu has admired the general very much, and it is also an honor to participate in the general's wedding," Mi Zhu said with a smile.

Li Zhong nodded and said, "I don't know how Tao Gong is doing recently."

"Thank you, General, for your care. My lord is in good health," Mi Zhu said.

"That's good. Tao Gong is upright, humble, and has always been a loyal and respected predecessor," Li Zhong said with a smile.

"The general is not bad," Mi Zhu said.

Li Zhong smiled and said, "I don't know what Mr. Zizhong came here?"

"Oh," Mi Zhu glanced at Li Zhong, but sighed.

Li Zhong and Guo Jia looked at each other and smiled. As the saying goes, they don't go to the Three Treasures Hall, which is obviously prepared.

"I don't know why Mr. Mizhu sighed for no reason," Li Zhong pretended not to know and asked.

"When I return to the general, my lord has always been friends with the general, but Yuan Shao was once defeated by the general and was quite unkind to the general, while my Xuzhou is adjacent to Jiujiang. Yuan Shao often sent troops to harass Xuzhou, which made the people of Xuzhou suffer many reckless disasters," Mi Zhu said sadly.

"Well, Yuan Shao relied on his family's good, but he was the second villain's move. It was actually Yuan's sorrow." Li Zhong also sighed, but he didn't accept Mi Zhu's words. He was not so stupid. It was obvious that he wanted to get something from him. Can't he see it?

He used this trick a lot. The so-called Mi Zhu now has a bit of a one-man show, but Li Zhong and Guo Jia have become spectators.